Improvement in hoop-driving and barrel-crozing machines



E.HOLMES. HOOP DRIVING AND BARREL UROZING MACHINE. No. 37,719.

Patented Feb. 17, 1863.

' bur/(27 EDWARD HOLMES, OF BUFFALO, HOLMES, OF

l MPROVEMENT lN HOOP-DRIVlNG NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO E. 85 B. SAME PLAC E.

AND BARREL-CROZING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent bin. 37,7 19, datedFebruary 17, 1.863.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, EDWARD HoLMns, of the city of Bufl'alo, and StatdofNew York, assignor to Edward Holmes and Britain Holmes, composing,thefirm of E. & B. Holmes, of the city of Bufl'alo aforesaid, haveinvented a new and Improved Hoop-Driving and Barrel-Orozing Machine; andI do hereby declare that the following is a. full and exact descriptionof the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad tothe accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, inwhich- Figure I is a side elevation. Fig. ll is a vertical section. Fig.III is a top plan. Fig. 1V is a plan of a device for expanding andcontracting the drivers.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each ofthe figures.

A represents the main l'rinne-work oi' the machine.-

B represents the drivers. There are six of these drivers, (may be moreor less,) which are hinged to the headpiece U.'as shown at J, so thatthey may flex or yield back when driving the hoop sufficiently to followthe bilge of the barrel. Each driver has a hook on its upper end, asshown at 0 for hooking on the truss-hoop. These drivers are twice ormore the length of the barrel, and pass through slots in the ends ofthcexpanding and contracting arms D. The arms I) are pivoted tot-he diskD,as shown at d, so'that by turning the disk the arms will be thrownoutwardly, as shown on Fig. IV, and drawn inwardly as represented by thered dotted lines, Fig. 1V, and thereby expand and contract the driversas required. One or two of the slots may be left open, as shown at (P,in order to allow the driver to fall beyond the arm, in order to makeplenty of room to put a barrel in between the'drivers and to take itaway when the hoops are driven.

E represents avertical screw,which is caused to revolve by means of thebevel-gear E, fixed to its upper end, and the bevel driving-pinion F,placed on shaft P, which meshes there with.- This screw runs in astationary headblock, G, at the bottom and a stationary head piece, H,at the top. The head-block G is supported by the rods or hangers I,which drop down from the upper partof the main frame. The head-piece O,to which the drivers are hinged, has a female screw cut therein,corresponding to the vertical screw E, so that as the vertical screw Erevolves the head-piece (J, and with it the drivers, will be run up ordown, as required, and the drivers beinghinged orjointed to the head 0,renders them flexible or yielding in the direction to follow the bilgeof the barrel as the hoop is driven on.

J is an annular open-bed table, upon which the barrel or cask is pacedfor driving the hoops and for crozing. The opening through this bedtablcis of the size or a little larger than the end of the barrel or cask, sothat the end of the barrel or cask will pass .in and bring the ends ofthe staves upon the ring K,

and the end of the stares upon the ring.

L is a double wedge, for supporting; the ring K when iirplace, as shownin Figs. l and ll.

When the barrel is put'into the machine for driving the hoops, the endsof thcstnvcs will rest upon this ring and the truss hoop will rest uponthe annular table .l. When the hoops are driven, this wedge is withdrawnsufficiently to allow the ring K to fall away from the staves,in orderto form snllicient room for the free working of the crozing' andchaini'crand ashereinaftermorefullyexplained. l do not limit myselt tothe use or this wedge, as

same purpose.

h'lrepresents n tool-head, which supports the chamfcring, crozing, andhowcline; tools. This tool-head revel ves within theo icningol'thebcdplate J. The clwintering-tool is by means of its holder it connected toone end of this head, and is represented at m, and the howcling andcrozing tools are by means ot'thcir holder or connected to the other endthe howelingtool is shown at m'-, and the crozing-tool at m. These toolsare of common construction. A jointed arm, 0, connects with each toolholdcr and with the crosshead l. These are jointed to the tool-holder,as shown at p, and to the cross-head as shown at p. This cross-headrests upon and revolves upon the top of the vertical shaft Q, whichshalt has a vertical movement for the purpose of controlling the depthof the cut of the chamt'ering, crozingr, and howcling tools, but it doesnot revolve. A vertical movement is given this shalt as follows: Ascrew-thread is out upon its lower end, and abevelwhecl nut, it, placedthereon, which bevel-wheel nut meshes with the bevelthe truss-hoopresting upon the annular table ing andhoweling tools, as shown in Fig.ll,

other equivalent devices may be used for the wheels'W and W pinion s,which bevel-pinion is placed upon the end 'ofthe inclined shaft s, sothatthe operator by turning with his hand the shaft 8 will cause thewheel-nut R to revolve in either direction he pleases, and thereby raiseand lower the shaft Q, as required. The depth of the cut of said tools(graduated at each revo lution of the cutter-head) is thereby easilycontrolled by the operator While the m achine is in motion. Therising ofthe shaft will draw the tool-holders and the tools inwardly, and thelowering of the shaft will throw them 011twardlythe chamterin'g-toolmoving on an incline corresponding to the incline of the" chamfer, andthe crozing and howeling tools and tool holder moving horizontally.The'vertical shaft Q passes through the hollow shaft 1; upon whichhollow shaft the tool-h'ead-Mis supported. The lower end of this shafthas a bearing in the head-piece H. It also has a bearing near its upperend in the bridge u.

V is a pulley, fixed on the hollow shaft T, which-connects by belt tothe driving-pulley V W- is'the main driving-shaft. "w and 14: arefriction driving-wheels placed thereon.-

Xisa friction-wheel, fixed on the end of shaft F, and is located betweenthe two friction- The main driving-shaft W, with the frictionwheels andpulleys thereon, may be moved longitudinally back and forth at pleasureby means of a forked lever connected to one end thereof, or by any otherconvenient and common means, so that either one of the frictionwheels( Wor W may be brought into contact with the friction-wheel X and revolvethe shaft'F in either direction, and thereby run the drivel-sup ordownat pleasure. There is spaceenough between the wheels W andW to allowof their being placed by a longitudinal movement of the shaft W so thatneither will be in contact with the friction-wheel X.

Z is a tight pulley and Z a loose pulley on shaft W.

Operation: The stavcs forming the barrel are,in the first place, set upwith a trusshoop on each end in a common manner. The drivers are thenexpanded by means ofi the expanding-arms D and disk D. One of thedrivers is released from the arm through the slot (1, and dropped downso as to make ampleroom to pass the barrel in and place it upon theannular table, the downward end of the staves passing into the annulartable, so that the lower truss-hoop will rest upon the annu- 'lar-bedtable. The bilge truss-hoop is now while the power is applied. Anyamount of power which the staves or the truss-hoops areable to bear mayin this manner be applied.

The truss-hoops being thus driven, and the staves pressed as tightlytogether as required, the wedge L is withdrawn sufficiently to allow thering K to drop away from the staves and make room for thefree working ofthe ch'amferin g, crozin g, and howeling tools. This being done, thetool-head M, which carries the chamfering, crozing, and howelingtools,is put into motion and revolved with great rapidity, and theoperator, by means of the arrangement of the pinion Fhincline shat't S,wheel nut 1%, vertical shaft Q, cross-head P, and hinged arms 0,ca nbring the said tools gradually to their work with such depth of cut asthe work will bear. The chamfering, howeling, and

crozing is done in one operation in a most perfect and satisfactorymanner. The barrel is then turned end for end and the same processrepeated.

Having now described the construction and operation of my improvedmachine, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

l Driving hoops on barrels and other casks by power applied to yieldingorflexible drivers,

substantially as described.

2. The ring K, or equivalent, on which the barrel stands while the hoopsare being driven, and which may be moved out of the way for theoperation of the chamfering, crozing, and howeling tools, as set forth.

3. The arms D, in connection with the disk D, or equivalents, for the,purpose of expanding and contracting the drivers, as set forth.

4. The outer revolving hollow shaft, T, which carries .the chamfering,erozing, and

' howeling tools, in combination with an inner shaft which has avertical movement, for the purpose of imparting a lateral movement tothe said tools or either of them.

5. Regulating the depth of cut of the chamfering, crozing, and howelingtools, or either of them, by meansof a vertical movement of a shaft,nut, or head-piece to which the said tools, or either of thcm, are inany manner connected.

6. The construction and use ,of a hoop-driving machine and a barrelchamfering and crozing machinein one machine, for the purposes andsubstantially as described.-

EDWARD HOLMES. Witnesses:

E. B. FoRBUsH, E. O SBORNE.'

